meager.

Small or inadequate in amount, quality, or substance.

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Words that belong together

• meager resources
• meager meal

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Their meager supplies had to last until the road reopened.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: Comparative more meager; superlative most meager when comparison is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common.